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Delafield, WI

Oakwood Community Park

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2.85(based on 10 reviews)
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JLHJLH
Experience: 6.9 years 13 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

new . . . .and windy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

it's pretty well designed, with (as everyone else says) a good range of elevations. It will be better . . . .
Most of the baskets have at least 2 tees.
It's easy to find, and plays mostly in prairie settings.

Cons:

So far only 9 holes, I also agree that 7 is interesting but is almost impossible. As to the length of the prairie grasses; I played this in the Spring when the grasses were shorter . . . and it was MUCH more difficult to find discs. Now that the grasses have over grown and laid down, and as long as you are paying attention it's not that much of a problem (and the thistles are gone).

Other Thoughts:

I also agree about the gravel tees, which, I hope are just temporary. The course is very well maintained and the maps are cool. All new baskets!
It's an exccelent course for us "go for the 3's" amateurs.
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Jukeshoe
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.7 years 316 played 268 reviews
3.00 star(s)

3' High & Rising in De La Field 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 22, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Oakwood Community Park in Delafield provides a solidly designed park-style course on a small but awesome piece of land for disc golf. Kudos to Mike Harrington for crafting an excellent nine-hole course that uses open field, small clusters of trees, and a fair-sized hill. The course begins innocently enough with a flat and open hole, works its way up the hill, and then spends the rest of the time moving from open areas to semi-wooded areas, while circling around the hill.
- Amenities are pretty darn good. The tee areas, while not concrete, are still in good condition and should hold up reasonably well. Two sets of tees provide both an easy beginner layout and a slightly more difficult intermediate course. The beginner layout is pure deuce-or-die, but the longer tees provide a bit more challenge. Experienced discers should still score well from the longs, but there's enough opportunity for the course to beat you up a bit in places. The amenities are rounded out with trashcans, port-a-john, and detailed hand-drawn signs (I assume these are temporary...regardless, they are sufficient for navigation as is).
- The variety of holes and shots here is where the course design really shines. Mike H. has certainly seen enough courses to have a keen eye for design. Couple that with his landscaping expertise, and this course comes out looking nice and playing nice. Open bombers, short uphills, slight downhills to green tucked into trees (replete with manicured green areas on #3 and #5), short downhill shots through trees (#'s 6 and 7), and long downhill bombers (#9) help keep this course from being one dimensional. #7 offers two routes through the trees. Throughout, the flow is intuitive and straight-forward.
- The course and surrounding area is idyllic rural Wisco farmland. Not necessarily the greatest views in the world, but quaint and homey. The red barn and chickens that are in view from #4's fairway and basket add to the charm.

Cons:

- None. Really. This is as impressive of a public 9-hole course as I've seen. The property, while certainly good (or even above average) for a park-style 9-hole disc golf course, isn't quite grand enough to really elevate this course to top-notch ratings. However, that does not discount the fact that a lot of superlative design and implementation aspects are at work here.
- I guess the lack of concrete tees could be another con, but that's really stretching it. The crushed gravel was installed correctly and should prove sufficient for most.

Other Thoughts:

- I really had a blast playing this course. #'s 2, 3, 6, 7, and 9 all had me wanting to loop around again and again to play. I played both layouts and enjoyed both sets of tees immensely. Ace runs and deuces from short, while the longs added a bit of challenge for my level of player (experienced, but not necessarily good).
- Hit this course up if you're in the area. It might not quite be a world-beater, but if I were a Professor of Disc Golf, I'd have my students studying up on Oakwood Community as a template of safe, sustainable, well-executed design and course installation. As such, this is the first 9-hole course I've rated at 3-disc (out of a 4-disc scale for courses less than 18 holes).
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20 years 1008 played 579 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Awesome design 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 20, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Excellent use of the available terrain. The course plays mostly through a prairie area with some very nice elevation and some patches of trees. The elevation makes this course really fun to play. There are 2 sets of tees on every hole with the whites being the longs and reds the shorts. The tee signs are laminated diagrams of the hole layout with both tee locations shown, distances and an arrow to the next tee. These serve their purpose for now until permanent signs can be installed. They have large wood posts at each tee as well making them very easy to locate. These have a metal number on top indicating the hole number and the distance in these same metal numbers below the signs. The fairways were all well mowed and the rough isn't too thick in most spots. The wind and elevation are the main factors here however the trees are used about as well as possible here, especially on the 2 downhill shots for hole 6 and 7 I believe. The baskets are brand new blue powder coated Mach 3's that are all level and catch great. Navigation is a breeze here especially with the the next tee signs by every hole and showing it on the tee signs. It wouldn't be too hard to follow these anyhow. There is also a practice basket and restroom right by the parking lot.

Cons:

Not many trees, most holes are basically just prairie. However as mentioned before this is best way you could have designed it and it is by far the best prairie type course I've played to date. Natural tees are a little uneven in a few spots but again this course is brand new so with time I'm sure they'll upgrade these and it won't be an issue. A few walking paths meander through the course. I didn't see anyone on these but it could be a potential safety issue.

Other Thoughts:

I had a really fun time playing this course. It was way way better than I was expecting. Especially from looking at the pictures here. This isn't worth going way too far out of your way to play, however it is only about 5 minutes off of I-94 so it really isn't that far out of the way if traveling through WI. And if they keep upgrading the tees, signs etc. I'd definitely upgrade the rating to a 3.5, but it is a fun course as is.
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